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Super League: Jürgen Klopp, the Liverpool coach does not want it

2021-04-20T12:54:45.393Z


The German technician expressed his opposition to the Super League project, even though his club is among its founding members.


The Liverpool Reds will soon have a serious problem to resolve.

The club is one of the founding members of the Super League but some of its main players do not want it, starting with coach Jürgen Klopp.

The German coach, winner of the Champions League with the Reds in 2019, swears that the project was mounted behind his back, without ever asking his opinion: "I heard about it for the first time on Sunday, a- he explained in an interview with the Sky Sports channel on Monday night before the match against Leeds (1-1).

We had some info, but not a lot.

Honestly, just what you could read in the papers.

People are not happy and I can understand that.

But I don't have much more to say, to be honest, because we weren't consulted during the process, neither the players nor me.

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"I have no problem with the Champions League"

The coach says further between the lines that this Super League project, he does not want it. For him, the current formula of the Champions League which will also evolve is very good as it is: "My dream has always been to train a team there," he continues. So obviously I have no problem with the Champions League. I like the competitive aspect in football, I like the idea that West Ham

(Editor's note: now 4th in the Premier League and virtually qualified for the future C1)

can play the Champions League next year. I don't want them to be there, to be honest, because we want to be there too and they might be there in our shoes. But I like that they have a chance. "

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Jurgen Klopp speaks about the European Super League ...



The #LFC manager explains his thoughts on the breakaway proposals and reveals him and his players were not consulted on the decision.



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In this fight against a project that moves European football, Klopp has internal support.

After the match against Leeds, midfielder James Milner did not kick in touch when asked about the invention of the most powerful leaders in European football.

He was even more direct than his coach: “It raises a lot of questions.

My personal opinion is that I don't like it and I hope it doesn't.

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Angry, Milner clearly questioned the decision of his bosses to join in: “I don't have all the information, I don't know why the 12 teams did it.

Some things are going to change in the future in football, that's for sure.

Some things must change in football, ”he said at the time when the European body presented its new C1 project which will see it pass in 2024 from 32 to 36 teams.

But he quipped “You say clubs do it for money, but what UEFA is doing it for?

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"In the end, it's all about the money"

Behind Klopp and Milner, few players from the founding member clubs of the Super League make their voices heard. Bruno Fernandes, the attacking midfielder of Manchester United and Joao Cancelo the side of Manchester City, future opponent of PSG in the Champions League are among those who judge, with their words, that "dreams cannot be bought". Robin Gosens, the German player from Bergamo, quarter-finalist of the Champions League last year, split with a huge rant. “People die every day and there is a lack of money in the world, thunders the defender. Meanwhile, these 12 clubs are creating their own league to stick hundreds of millions of euros up their asses. You have to ask yourself an ethical question! In the end, it's all about the money… ”

In the meantime, perhaps other positions taken by players, the sling is mounting on all sides. On Monday, still on the sidelines of the match against Liverpool, the Leeds players wore a t-shirt with the inscription “Deserve it! "

(Editor's note: qualification in C1) in

front and" Football belongs to the fans "in the back, during the warm-up. A plane carrying a banner "#SayNoToSuperLeague" ("Say no to the Super League") also flew over the stadium just before the match.

Source: leparis

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